Building Texas’ Alternate Care Site Capacity

The State of Texas tasked BCFS EMD to build Alternate Care Site (ACS) capacity in 20 cities and rural communities across the state. Ultimately, BCFS EMD increased Texas’ ACS capacity to more than 15,000 beds across the state.

ACS can be used for any purpose deemed appropriate and/or necessary by the jurisdictions, from general population sheltering to medical/hospital surge capacity. During this project, BCFS EMD executed: